String Quartet No.2, Op.13 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1827
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#82721 - 28.59MB - 31:12 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9731×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2010/10/23)

Performer Pages Borromeo String Quartet (String Quartet)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#674402 - 17.94MB, 45 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 454×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2021/2/6)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1827 (October 27).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, F. 25
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 Complete Score
#10972 - 5.22MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 28767×⇩ - William

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William (2007/7/29)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 6
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1875. Plate M.B. 23.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
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Parts

 Complete Parts
#299919 - 5.24MB, 44 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1806×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2013/10/19)

Editor Joseph Joachim (1831-1907)
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Kammermusik für Streich-Instrumente.
Berlin: N. Simrock, 1876. Plate 7475.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Original images: 240dpi, color jpg files approx. 2400 by 2950 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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 Violin 1
#18761 - 9.69MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19011×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Violin 2
#18762 - 9.58MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11870×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Viola
#18763 - 9.17MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12012×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

 Cello
#18764 - 7.53MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11377×⇩ - William

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William (2008/7/13)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für 2 Violinen, Bratsche, und Violoncell, Opp.12, 13, 44, 80, 81
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1878]. Plate 6003.
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Litolff ed.
See: String Quartets by Mendelssohn

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 Hands (Composer)

 Complete Score
#62249 - 4.28MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 866×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/4/21)

Editor Friedrich Brissler (1818-1893)
Publisher. Info. Quartette für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen (pp.31-69)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1876]. Plate V.A. 178.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#852461 - 0.37MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 67×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

 Piano 2
#852462 - 0.33MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 58×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/4/30)

Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#898984 - 0.07MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 73×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2024/2/9)

Editor Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2024.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Braille score in bar-over-bar format, 40 cells per line, not paginated (optimized for refreshable braille displays).
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.2
Alternative. Title Quartetto
Name Translations Quatuor op. 13 de Mendelssohn; String Quartet No. 2; 현악 사중주 2번 (멘델스존); 弦楽四重奏曲第2番; Streichquartett Nr. 2; 第2号弦乐四重奏; Cuarteto de cuerda n.º 2 (Mendelssohn)
Name Aliases Quatuor op. 13 de mendelssohn bartholdy; Quatuor Op. 13 De Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Quatuor op. 13 de Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Streichquartett a-Moll; Streichquartett in a-Moll; Streichquartett op. 13; 2. Streichquartett; String Quartet in A minor; String Quartet, Op. 13
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: no96027743
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.13 ; MWV R 22
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 157
Key A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
I. Adagio – Allegro vivace (251 bars)
II. Adagio non lento (F major, 125 bars)
III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto (163 bars)
IV. Presto – Adagio non lento (397 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1827
First Publication. 1830 – Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
Average DurationAvg. Duration 30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide
Extra Information
The first and last movements quote one of Mendelssohn's early songs, Frage, Op.9 No.1 (Ist es wahr?). Mendelssohn also arranged the work for piano 4 hands.

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